Another thing: you have 25 lands. Thats.....a lot. A lot lot. Cut at least a couple.

-4 clifftop retreat-4 hallowed fountain-2 plains+4 mountain+4 island

If you have a sizable budget, a playset of snapcaster mage is a pretty obvious choice here. Mizzium skin is pretty good, as it helps counter anything targeting your creatures, which are pretty important for you here. Thoughtflare or Jace, architect of thought are good draw to replace the faithless looting.

Agreed. 23 lands is far too few for a deck like this. I'd say 24 as a minimum, and I oculd even see 25. This sort of deck wants to use all of it's mana, every turn, and can make stronger plays if you have more lands out. I'll second cutting white and Looting from the list. And I'd try Talrand's Invocation and Izzet Charm in their place.

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Desperate Ravings is better than Faithless Looting in a list like this, if you choose. I play a similar list (sans Talrand; haven't picked any up yet) and agree that Mizzium Skin is a very good card for it--the deck can get shut down easy if your creatures are answered before they do anything. I run 4x Goblin Electromancer as well, though I may cut some (it gives you something to do on turn 2 other than counterspell). I find the +0/+1 of Mizzium Skin is extremely relevant with all the 2/2s this archetype tends to run; allows you to combat trick zombies and RDW to death.

Try to include up to four Izzet Charm. It's a very good card. -2 Syncopate and -2 Pillar/Spear is a good place to start to fit those in.

Hey thanks for all the advice guys. The white is out becuase...well it honestly shouldn't have been there in the first place. New list looks a little something like this. I want to take this to an FNM next Friday I have free and I feel like I'm going to need an answer for things like Thragtusk. Maybe Syncopates/Dissapaits in the SB?

I agree desperate ravings has more synergy with snipe and talrand but my main concern is the "at random" bit. Am I just being overly cautious? Cutting a few skins for sure, though I'm not sure what to put in their place. Talrands invocation has been doing a lot of work actually. The expense has proven to be a bit problematic at times, but honestly it's saved a few games. That said I could see cutting it to 3 if I found another Pike as I really love the synergy it has with the deck.

The "at random" discard can be trouble, but the flashback more than makes up for it. Just remember to try and play it with as full a hand as possible, to minimize the chance of you discarding something important. This means holding lands in your hand once you have more than enough in play, and making sure to max out your hand size with any think twice in the yard before casting it.

Alternatively, you can try thoughtflare, which is much lower risk with the discard, but more expensive and without the flashback to trigger talrand/ sniper.

Possible cards to replace the skins with:

Cyclonic riftMizzium MortarsDissipateCackling counterpart <- a neat trick. It sticking on a guttersnipe wins the game.

The "at random" discard can be trouble, but the flashback more than makes up for it. Just remember to try and play it with as full a hand as possible, to minimize the chance of you discarding something important. This means holding lands in your hand once you have more than enough in play, and making sure to max out your hand size with any think twice in the yard before casting it.

Alternatively, you can try thoughtflare, which is much lower risk with the discard, but more expensive and without the flashback to trigger talrand/ sniper.

Possible cards to replace the skins with:

Cyclonic riftMizzium MortarsDissipateCackling counterpart

I support Cackling Counterpart as a one/two-of (leaning towards the former). Does crazy things on Electromancer/Guttersnipe/Talrand. Flashback is a bonus, even if expensive.